Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1916, Page 1

Commercial.

$ THJS .NEW ZEALAND IAIUiKEW GO-OFEH AT 1 V'E DIdTiUBU T--ING COMPANY. LIMITED. WELLINGTON I'ii.ODIJCE MARKET. WEEKLY REPOIIT. Ounsuquoat uu tho coilapao of the pt>ato niariiot m Auatriuia and. iieavy oca-i prices are cousiacrauiy iveaker. iur Jiiaize ia it: yroiunt limited, and; values aro (stationary. :'<wiard is stiil arriving from Austra'ia and .prices have ugaui • declined, -iood business is uoiug tlonc in chail ■Uid values are steady. Straw »s ui iood supply and demand iair. Owing it) continued hot weather, the demaiia tor porkers is still somewhat restrictwi. .New-laid eggs are in good demanu itt &nt/isi.£LCtory jtLviiuj* it* wained iu larger supplies. Oaobagu is coming into the market in smaji parleys and liigli rates are ruling, vmy few cauliflowers are coming 10 'land but iur weil-paciied lines are iugh. Well-packed lines oi lettuce are realizing satisfactory prices. Cialots, white buruips and parsnips arc in short supply audi cause Jieen eo.iiijotition. Spring onions, !lee.ks anci marrows are in guod. uemand and lair prices are being realized. Hie market ioi swedes ia under-supplied, aoid ..cod prices are still being maintained. Huti tomatoes are coming to liand in large consignments. 'lire market is stiii over-isupplied, and .oaJjy bettor-ekiss lines meet with' ready sale. Jr'iums and poaches arc in short supply, and satisfactory prices are being realised. Pears from Haw lie's Bay and Nelson districts are arriving iu sin alii p.< reels and meet with keen compoution. Local aples, both cooking and, dessert, are iu fair demand, arid satisfactory prices are realised:. Wheat.—Good whole towl, (is 2d per Os for iO-sack lots. Maize.—os Ud per bushel. Oats.—i'eed, is per bushel. Special' quotations lor large iote. Oats.—Crushed, 4s -Id per bushei Weed Oats.—Algerians, machine dreased, ss; Uartons, 4s yd. - .Barley Cape iieed.—os per bushel. i Barley i'eed. —5s per bushel. iiarley Meal.— £i) 10s per ton. -Fine I pig teed. Pure Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Poilcrd. —£f5 lis per ton. liice Pollard.—til lite per ton. Chali : .—Oaten fcSiieai, Aid per ton Sucrosine.—£& 10s per ton. Straw.—£3 us per ton. .Basic blag.-- Aid per,tea. Superphosphate. —J-O per ton. Candies.—iio's, 15s per bos. Patatoeo.—Choice liutt, Us bu to 10s tkl. per cwt; others, 7s to 6s per cwt. Cabbage.—Choice Spring, <js 6d vo 7., 6d; otheia, is (3d to its tid per sac':. Cairo ta.—Best, os to 6s; otirera, to cis 6d per sack. Peas.—Choice, is to Is 3d per peck. Oninns.—iUi per ton. Lettuce.—ifc Bd to 4s tid per case. Er< nch lieaus. —Id to -id ... •Marrows.—2s (id to 3s (id per case. Swedes.-—3s to 5s per sack. AppJtfc.—Dessert, Choice . >ical/ in od to os Od per case. Appjps—Cooking (.local; 4s tn 5» j-er case. Plums.—3a Od to -Is (idi per i-ca.-e. Peaches.—Choice, 7a Od; others 4s to 5s per i-case Pears.—Local, W.L.C., 4s to 5s i>er i-case, Tomatoes.—liutt, Is Od to i's Od per I -case; iSieison, Is to Is Od per J-ca»u. Dressed Pork.—7o'a to iJO'a, sid to 6d; SK)'s to lOO's, ojd; iia-conors, m ; Choppers (.heavy) 3Jd. per lb. Our weekly pork sale held each Friday during Summer." Pouiftry.—Liftht table hens, ba; heavy Hens, 4s to os j Cockerels, 3s to 4s Heavy Oockereip, 5s to 0s; Good HeavyDucks, 7s 6d to 8s; Indian Runners, 4s Od to 5s Od per pair; Turkey Gobblers, 1b to is Id per ib; Hens, lid to Is per ib live weight. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 7<A per dosen. Walnuts.—6d to 7d per lb. Bran £5 15s per ton. Linssed Oil Cake.—Meal and. Nuts, Genuine, 14s cwt. Ton lota £13 iOs. Quicklime —In 231b tins Ps per tiaMeat and Bone Meal.—l7s par 100; 9s per 50 and 5s per bag. Blue Bell Arsenate of Lead list rates. "Blue Bail" Lime tiuiphar at liss rates. Vapourite.—(Strawswn's)—Kills all soil insectfl, 25s per cwt; los per i-ewt Manures, as per price list. 'Pea. 6 and 101b tins la Bd. ®i3stb 1; 6d to la lOd. Cauliflowers. —Choice oa to 8s; medium 4s to 6s sacfe. Turnips.— White 4s to 6s per saci. I^eeks—6d to 8d per bundle. Spinach.—is to 6b per case . Beetroot 6s to 7s per Back". Spring onions.—tkl to Wd bunch. Honey.—ln 60's, 5d per lb. Honey.—Sections 6s 6d per dosen. Beeswax.—ls 6d per ib. Fungus.—6|d to 7d per lb. — L I